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Date: 900-1000
Language: Latin
Origin: stola 'long loose piece of clothing', from Greek stole

stole

2 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
stole2 [countable]
DCC a long straight piece of cloth or fur that a woman wears across her shoulders
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